When it comes to defining success and performance, there cannot be any measurement than self-assessment. These inspiring quotes will help you assess your performance and results in no time.

Be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty, so that, when the hour of need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved or untrained to stand the test. - Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011

The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at … something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that. - David Nicholls, One Day, 2010

It is a great ability to be able to conceal one’s ability. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 – 1680), Maxims, 1665

Martyrdom… is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. -  George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), The Devil’s Disciple (1901) act 3

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)

Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as “suits.” – Paul Graham, September 2004

Nerds don’t just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity. - Paul Graham, September 2004

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. -    Thomas H. Huxley (1825 – 1895)

Every parent wants to do the best of his or her abilities to help his or her children have a secured and peaceful life. While some parents are of the view that children at some point of time will be able to fend for themselves, but this cannot be said for all children.

There are some special children for whom parents need to have more of monetary funding because of additional medical facilities and permanent help required.

From Economictimes.indiatimes.com:

“A trust can be formed at any time. It is better if you do so during your lifetime, so that you can nurture it and plug any loopholes. The first step is to frame a trust deed preferably with some legal help. The trust deed defines the objective of the trust, includes the names of trustee members, powers and rules and regulations pertaining to its functioning,” said Sandeep Nerlekar, MD and CEO Warmond Trustees & Executors. It’s better you appoint more than one trustee, preferable younger than the parents. You also have the option of being one of the trustee members. You can define the functions of a trust depending upon your child’s needs. Mr Nerlekar explains, “We set up a trust for a family based out of Bangalore. This trust transferred a certain amount of assets every month to itself. All child-related expenses such as the education, medication or even payment for the governess was met out by the trust. The idea is to customise the structure of the trust.”

Where can you invest?

The investment plan will vary from family to family based on their overall financial situation. Asset allocation is key and knowing the kind of corpus and returns that you would need for your goals are paramount, experts say.

Caring for special children require sound and extensive financial planning along with professional execution.